Apparatus for the production of designs in paper, millboard, vegetable leather substitute, and linoleum substitute



Oct 1'6, -1923.

,F. K'AYE APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUQT ION QF'DESIGNS IN PAPER, MILLBOARD,

VEGETABLE 'ULEATHEB SUBSTITUTE, AND LINOLEUM SUBSTITUTE v. 9'

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FREDERIGKKAY or Asn'roN- roN-arnssmz, ENGLAND.

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To all whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, FREDERICKKAYE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at Ashton-upon-Mersey, in 5 the county ofChester, England, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for theProduction of Designs in Paper, Millboard,

Vegetable Leather Substitute, and Linoleum Substitute (for whichapplication has been filed in Great Britain, No. 25,100, September 22,1921), of which the following is a specification.

This invention refersto and consists of new or improved apparatus forcarryingout a process of producing inlaid pattern effects in handmadepaper, millboard, vegetable leather substitute and linoleum substitute,

7 the said process consisting in super-posing layers of coloured pulpor' pulp material 29 upon a foundation layer of pulp (which may be whiteor' coloured), the several layers being amalgamated, while moist, bypressure and drying, into a single article.

The improved apparatus is illustrated on the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Fig. 1 illustrates a longitudinal sectional elevation, and

30 Fig. 3 illustrates a further longitudinal section of the mould andone of the deckles used therewith in producing the desiredinlaid,pattern. 7

Fig. 4 illustrates a plan view of Fig. 3.

deckle, which is the complement of the deckle shown in; Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 illustrates a plan of the final product, i. e., a sheet of paperwith aninlaid two-colour pattern.

a is the usual wood frame ofa paper mould as used for making paper byhand.

On its top side said frame is covered with a layer of wire gauze b, thetransverse bars 0 of the frame helping to support the gauze.

(Z is the usual wood deckle adapted to rest upon the frame a andsurround the. space immediately above the gauze, thereby producing ashallow tray-like'mould. .On floating the mould in thepulp'vat, a laverof pulp fills the mould and such layer after shaking the mould in theusual way, is left on the wire gauze in the form of a sheet of wetpaper, which is subsequently removed and drained or semi-dried on afelt. This'semi- Fig. 5 illustrates a plan view of a furtherdried'paperforms the foundationfor the I intended inlaid paper. I rAfter producing suchffirstlayer, the

deckle, d. is removedfrom the frame, and I the deckle d shownin Figs. 3and f is sub- T stituted. The deckle comprises a sheet; of

wood or other suitablematerialin which is out the intended. design,'orpart-of such de sign; The mould is then again floated in av pulp vat,butcontaining a different coloured pulp to that forming the foundationlayer aforesaid, whereupon alayer of said coloured pulp fills the spacesurrounded by the sheet ofwood, which after the usual shaking of themould and removing of the deckle, remains on the gauze in the form of alayer of coloured paper'corresponding in' outline to the design inthedeckle. This layer of wet coloured paper, after draining I on thefelt, is placed uponthe said founda-' tion sheet of semi-dried paper andunder pressure amalgamated therewith.

The further deckle shown in Fig. 5 is. then substituted for the deckle d'shown in Fig. 4, which also comprises a'sheet of wood or other suitablematerialin which adesign p is cuteXactly-agreeing in outline with andFig. 2 a plan view of a mould and deckle V as used in the making ofhand-made paper.

foundation layer, in exact register with the second named layer, theseveral layers when set, forming onev example of inlaid paper.

Further deckles are used and further layers of pulp of different colourare produced,

when the design calls for morethan a twocolour design.

Instead of the opening or openings in one L deckle being cut to formthecomplemental outline ofthe opening. orwopenings "in the precedingdeckle, the openings in the several deckles may be merely out todifferent sizes or forms, and the differences in the sizes or forms-ofthe coloured layers,whenj laid one upon" another, and upon; thefoundation layer, produce thedesiredpattern. j

In order'that the contour, or edges, of the coloured' design maybemoresharply de Y fined,-.when the diflerent coloured pulps are '110laid over the foundation', u'ndersurface deckle frame, with its eut out(e decide, or as aforesaid, a seriesfof deckles may be used with thesame mould l-Vhat I claim is t I 1. Apparatus forcarrying out a processfor producing inlaid pattern effects in paper, niillboard, vegetableleather substitute and linoleum substi ute, eonsisting of a hand; makingmould and a decide therefor having a sheet-like part which overlies thewire gauze of the 1nould,.and has formed in it'a design as in fret work,and a layer of rubber applied to the underside of the said sheetlikepart, with its inner edge agreeing;- in outline with that of the designin the said sheetlike part, as set forth.

2. Apparatus for producing designs in paper millhoard, and the like,comprising a hand 'iioldand'a decide therefor a second deckle having asheet like part coi'eringg the Wire gauzeot the mold and having a designcuttherefrom to expose the gauze whereby thepulp-Will assume the contourof the design, and athird deckle formed siinilarly to the last mentioneddeckle and having the design thereof eoinplemental lo the design-oi thesaid last mentioned decide, the first deckle being adapted to form afoundation layer and the other decides adaptedto form complement designlayers Which'are' superposed on the foundation layerin abuttingrelation, so that a single sheet containing a multi-eoloi'ed designproduced. a i I In testimony whereof I have signed on name tothis'specification. Y

. FREDERICK KAYE.

